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absence — which is why Ankara might have the biggest share when reaping the fruits of the Arab spring, from Iraq where Turkish presence is wide in Kurdistan, to Syria via the opposition forces, Lebanon in the future and Tunisia, not to mention Turkish presence in Central Asia and the Balkans. Moreover,
" He has also testified before the Senate on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, calling on Obama to do more to prevent a "descent into chaos." 48. Vali Nasr A leading thinker on the Middle East, Vali Nasr is the rare breed of academic who finds himself profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Jour
by Sunnis and Kurds to hold a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in Maliki. EFTA00683495 Talabani had been the critical link holding Baghdad and Kurdistan together since tensions rose following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the a
am. But neither is there any sign of new thinking in the White House. "I don't see how what didn't work last year is going to work this year," says Vali Nasr, who served in the Obama State Department before becoming dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He might not get much
gram. But neither is there any sign of new thinking in the White House. "I don't see how what didn't work last year is going to work this year," says Vali Nasr, who served in the Obama State Department before becoming dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He might not get much o
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027105 →tanding efforts by Sunnis and Kurds to hold a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in Maliki. Talabani had been the critical link holding Baghdad and Kurdistan together since tensions rose following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the arm
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027117 →gram. But neither is there any sign of new thinking in the White House. "I don't see how what didn't work last year is going to work this year," says Vali Nasr, who served in the Obama State Department before becoming dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He might not get much o
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028731 →standing efforts by Sunnis and Kurds to hold a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in Maliki. Talabani had been the critical link holding Baghdad and Kurdistan together since tensions rose following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the arm
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028743 →Entities connected to both Kurdistan and Vali Nasr

Baghdad
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Barack Obama
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Lebanon
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Saddam Hussein
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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George W. Bush
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Damascus
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Tunisia
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Hosni Mubarak
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Yemen
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Marc Rich
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Cairo
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Middle East
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Maliki
PERSONAmman
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